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892:, quoted in their unpublished preliminary draft as 'in over three years, I released over a million prisoners from the camps.' But what Dong actually said was rather different, as Desbarats and Jackson confirm in a different version of the article: 'In over three years, we returned to civilian life and to their families more than a million persons who in one way or another had collaborated with the enemy.' The difference between the two translations is important, because Dong was clearly referring to those who were released after only a few days of reeducation in their own home towns—not released from longterm reeducation in distant camps. The actual number of 143: 1151: 1037: 27: 385:, order and social safety; counterintelligence; crime prevention investigation; fire prevention and rescue; execution of criminal judgments, judgment enforcement not subject to imprisonment, custody or temporary detention; legal protection and support; State management of public services in sectors and fields under the Ministry's state management. It is headed by the 419:
formed three departments, consisting of the Security Service Bureau in Northern Vietnam, the Surveillance Service in central Vietnam and the National Self-Defense Force Bureau in southern Vietnam. The three departments provided protection for Ho Chi Minh and other CPV leaders in time for September 2,
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The Sub-Ministry of Public Security was established in February 1953 when it was under North Vietnamese control after Ho Chi Minh signed Decree 141/SL. At the time of establishment, it formally had seven departments and divisions. After the Government Council was presided from August 27 to 29 of
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1945 when independence was declared for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. On February 21, 1945, Ho Chi Minh signed Decree 23, which unified the three bureaus into the Vietnam People’s Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Le Gian served as the first head of the MIA.
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At this point, Desbarats and Jackson make a major factual error which makes it even more difficult to make sense of their methodology. They assert that there were one million Vietnamese who experienced incarceration in reeducation camps, based primarily on an alleged admission by then
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On 12 June 1981, Decree 250/CP was signed, which defined the mandate of the Ministry of Interior. The Interior Minister then signed Decision 12-QD/BNV to prescribe the powers of the General Department of Police (GDP) with 12 subordinate units.
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internees, according to both official communist sources and former officials of the regime who later fled to the West, was between 200,000 and 300,000.
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Security Command (K01)- (It is equivalent to the Department level with the task of protecting key people and state-level officials)
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The Police Department manages custody, temporary detention and criminal judgment execution in the community (C11)
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The Police Department manages prisons, compulsory education institutions, reform school (C10)
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The Police Department investigates crimes related to corruption, economy, and smuggling (C03)
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Department of Construction of the all-people movement to protect national security (V05)
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Not yet a workers' paradise: Vietnam's suppression of the independent workers' movement
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operations throughout Vietnam, particularly after selected MPS personnel were sent to
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were common. The MPS has also played a role in the surveillance and persecution of
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Bureau of Economic, Scientific, Technical and Environmental Intelligence (B05)
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Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control (A05)
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Vietnam Technical - Logistics People's Public Security University (T07/T36)
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officers, government employees, and supporters of the former government of
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provided technical assistance to the MPS in improving its intelligence and
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Central Public Security Party Committee Inspection Committee Organ (X06)
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Department of Science, Strategy and History of the Public Security (V04)
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A Methodology for Estimating Political Executions in Vietnam, 1975–1983
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1953, the Sub-Ministry was updated to the Ministry of Public Security.
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Police Department for administrative management of social order (C06)
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Bureau of National Self-Defence Force in Southern Vietnam (1945–1946)
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Col. Gen Lương Tam Quang is the current head of the Vietnamese MPS.
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Mobile Police Command (K02)- (it is equivalent to Department level)
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Department of Information Processing and Intelligence Support (B01)
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was sentenced in 2007 to five years imprisonment for "endangering
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Office of Public Security of Ministry of Home Affairs (1946–1953)
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Vietnam Police Fire Prevention and Fighting University (T06/K56)
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The Ministry of Public Security is the agency that manages the
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Communication Department of the People's Public Security (X04)
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The foundation of the MPS started on August 19, 1945 when the
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Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises
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The MPS is structured according to the following as of 2018:
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The Ministry of Public Security received many titles such as
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Vietnam People's Public Security Political Academy (T03/T29)
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47 Pham Van Dong Street, Mai Dich Ward, Cau Giay District,
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Sagan, Ginetta; Denney, Stephen (October–November 1982).
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Department of Construction Management and Barracks (H02)
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Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department (C05)
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Police Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue (C07)
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Department of Legal Affairs and Judicial Reform (V03)
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Bureau of Integrity in Northern Vietnam (1945–1946)
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Vietnam People's Public Security
Government of Vietnam
Hanoi
Col. Gen
Lương Tam Quang
Col. Gen
Trần Quốc Tỏ
Lt. Gen
Nguyễn Duy Ngọc
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Lê Quốc Hùng
Maj. Gen
Lê Văn Tuyến
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Nguyễn Văn Long
Minister of Public Security
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